Steel workers gain 3 percent pay rise in new agreement
In Pittsburgh the Amalgamated Association and Western Sheet and Tin Plate Manufacturers' Association signed a contract raising wages 3 percent on a sliding scale based on a base price of 2.15 per 100 pounds for sheet steel. If selling prices rise 5 cents over 2.15 workers gain 1 percent more. overall pay rises about 10 percent from base, with potential cuts if prices fall below 2.60.
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Pittsburgh
ILNS
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Amalgamated Association
Western Sheet and Tin Plate Manufacturers’ Association
M. F. Tighe
Amalgamated
Sheet
Tighe
Settlement Reinstates Striking Workers at William Powell Plant No 2
The Indianapolis Regional Labor Board rules in favor of Cincinnati based William Powell Company Plant No 2 employers. The agreement restores all striking workers promptly without prejudice and maintains the May 10 1984 wage scale until data from the code authority is received. Eight hour days forty hour weeks with overtime at time and a half and double time on Sundays and holidays. Seniority governs layoffs and rehiring. Company officials and worker representatives will meet to settle future disputes, with unresolved matters referred to the Regional Labor Board and no strikes or lockouts during negotiations.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
William Powell Company
Indianapolis Regional Labor Board
Samuel Hatcher
Machinists’ District Council
American Federation of Labor
Code Authority
Regional Labor Board
NRA Enjoined in Code Wage Suit in Baltimore
United States District Judge W. Calvin Chestnut issued a temporary restraining order shielding L. Grief & Brothers Inc from code wage pressures. The injunction blocks the NRA and code officials from forcing higher pay and from stripping the company of its Blue Eagle status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore, Md
Ilns
United States
W. Calvin Chestnut
L. Grief & Brothers
Ind
NRA
Code
General Johnson
Maryland Code Authority At Issue Over Wages
Leonard Weinberg attorney for the Grief concern says a case challenges the constitutionality of a code authority setting wages above the code minimum. The court’s limited jurisdiction means the ruling binds only those within Maryland. nonresident defendants like Attorney General Homer S. Cummings and NRA compliance division advisory council members are not reachable by summons.
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Leonard Weinberg
Grief Concern
Maryland
Homer S. Cummings
Advisory Council
Compliance Division
The
NRA
Street Car Men Vote to Authorize Strike in Omaha
Omaha officials report Street Car Men's Union members voted 389 to 1 to authorize a strike. A four day April stoppage previously disrupted traffic in Omaha and Council Bluffs before arbitration. The union rejected an arbitration board report granting bus and trolley operators 62 to 55 cents per hour. shopmen gained no increase.
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Omaha, Nebr
SLNS
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Detroit
Pittsburgh
ILNS
Pittsburgh Railway Company
City Employes Form Joint Boston Council
A joint council of city employees organized in Boston unites all unions. Two representatives from each union form the council to discuss problems facing member workers.
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Boston
ILNS
Striking Chauffeur Killed by Police at Rio Strike Line
A striking chauffeur was killed by police gunmen near the light and power company property in Rio de Janeiro as guards enforced a dead line. The incident worsens the dispute between strikers and the power company workers seeking settlement.
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Rio de Janeiro
Light and Power Company
Gains in minimum wage laws reported by Women’s Bureau
Mary Anderson of the Women’s Bureau cites important gains for women’s minimum wage in several states. An interstate compact to standardize wage rules was signed by Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Pennsylvania and Rhode Island on May 29.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Mary Anderson
Women’s Bureau
U. S. Department of ‘Labor
Miss Anderson
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Concord
N. H
National Consumers’ League
New York City
Ohio
NRA
Tighe Seeks Re election to Head Amalgamated Union
Michael F. Tighe veteran president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers announces he will seek re election amid rumors of retirement after years at the helm. He cites member appeals during tough times as prompting his decision. Louis Leonard also says he will run again.
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Pittsburgh
ILNS
Michael F. Tighe
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Tighe
Amalgamated
Louis Leonard
Lumber Operator Arrested For Code Labor Violation
Tom Roberts of Forbes North Carolina, a lumber operator, was released on a $1,000 bond after arrest on a wage and hour provisions violation of the lumber and timber products code. An information was filed in federal district court for the Western District of North Carolina. second prosecution under the lumber code following Belcher Lumber Co. indictment in Alabama.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Tom Roberts
Forbes
N. C
NRA Litigation Division
Federal District Court
Western District of
North Carolina
Belcher Lumber Co
Alabama
Woolen Workers Strike In Danielson For 25 Percent Wage Hike
Five hundred workers at the Dayville plant of the Assawaga Woolen Company in Danielson Connecticut walked out after the firm refused a 25 percent wage increase. They began orderly picketing and demanded the discharge of the boss weaver. No specific charges were filed, only general dissatisfaction with the supervisor.
NLRB Rejects Milwaukee Electric Union Vote
The National Labor Relations Board rejected the union of Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company workers request for a union employee election. An agreement to permit an arbitration board to settle disputed points ended a strike by the American Federation of Labor represented workers.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
National Labor Relations Board
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
American Federation of Labor Union
Piggly Wiggly Settles Back Wage Violations
The Winn Lovett Grocery Co of Georgia doing business as Piggly Wiggly Stores resettles labor code violations with the NRA litigation division. It agrees to restitution of back wages estimated between 3 000 and 10 000 dollars and to post a 7 500 dollar bond for future violations through June 1935. It will submit books for examination and acknowledge violations and the code’s validity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Winn & Lovett Grocery Co
Georgia
Florida
NRA
Radio Musicians Win Union Rates Across Canada
Ottawa reports the strike by musicians against the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, beginning in Montreal June 10 and expanding nationwide June 15, has ended with the commission agreeing to raise wages to union rates at all stations while noting it is a crown agency and cannot deal with any single group. Joseph N. Weber of New York led AFM negotiations with H. Charlesworth, chairman of the commission.
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Ottawa
ILNS
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
Montreal
Canada
Joseph N. Weber
New York
American Federation of Musicians
H. Charlesworth
New Orleans Labor Opposes Peaceful Meeting Ban
Labor unions in New Orleans send a letter to Mayor Walmsley opposing a council plan to allow police to stop peaceful assemblies deemed contrary to officers views. The unions warn the measure targets socialist and labor activities and stifles dissent.
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New Orleans
ILNS
Commission Council
Walmsley
Blue Eagle Restored to New Deal Dress Co
The NRA Compliance Council voted to restore the Blue Eagle to the New Deal Dress Co in Elizabeth New Jersey after the firm surrendered NRA insignia for minimum wage code violation. It has since complied with the code and made full restitution of back wages to employees.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
New Deal Dress Co
Elizabeth
N. J
NRA
Five Anti-Labor Companies Cited By New Labor Board
The National Labor Relations Board cited eight industrial concerns to show cause why their cases should be sent to the Department of Justice and the NRA compliance division for removal of the Blue Eagles. Company names were withheld.
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Washington
New
National Labor Relations Board
Department of Justice
NRA
Blue Eagles
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